Last Minute Christmas Card

 Hello hello!

Welcome to my second post for the "Everything Christmas" challenge over at Country View Challenges!

I am always a last minute person - so, here is my last minute christmas card!

It´s really an easy one.

I used two PaperArtsy stamps - they are Mandala stamps - and stamped and heat embossed 3 Christmas baubles ;o). Then I stamped Merry Christmas with black Archival ink

I glued a diecut twig on top, drew the hangings and the strings. colored the baubles in and made some splatters. I matted the page onto pink cardstock. then I glued everything on a card.

It was very hard to take a good picture, because the embossed baubles are so very glittery!

That´s it from me today!

You can join in with our challenge, make something christmassy and you can win a 20£ voucher for the shop!

I wish you a very Merry Christmas, stay save and healthy!

Sophisticated Advent Wreath

 Hello and welcome to my blog, nice to have you here!

Unbelievable - the year is coming to it´s end soon (well, not that I want it to be longer anyway). It´s the first of December already.

Here is the final challenge of this year over at Country View Challenges, and it´s an "Anything goes Christmas".

Last sunday was the first Advent, and I decided to share with you my home made Advent wreath. 

The last years I didn´t have a wreath, I went for some other solutions - a big piece of bark I decorated, a plate, I only draped some greenery and baubles with candles - or even nothing at all (shame).

This year I wanted to make a wreath once again, so I went to the gardening in our village and got myself some greenery, a straw wreath and everything I needed. At the dollar store I got some cheap mini baubles and the candles (which doesn´t look cheap at all!), the turquoise ribbon, the turquoise baubles, which are gorgeous and the silver pinecones. They bueish/greenish stars are also from there.

One tradition I have for many years now is to buy one special bauble for my christmas tree every year. Either I buy it on a advent market or at our stationary store in our village. The owner always has really special and extraordinary christmas decorations. They are a little bit pricy, but they are worth it.

So I went to the stationary store  I bought some special baubles (the silver ones).

Inspired by christmas decoration I saw from Blanche Siegmann, I wanted to make a wreath, which is hanging dowm  little bit. It really looks sophisticated!

So I tied my wreath and added some more greenery to the sides. Then I took a porcellain bowl and put the wreath on top. I placed a cardboard under the wreath, so the candles cand stand save.

To fix the decoration I used wire and hot glue - this is the easiest way.

I went to my christmas box and found some silvery apples, wooden glitter stars and angels hair. The silver greenery I got from the gardening.

I had so much fun to make it and I am really pleased, how it turned out!

Here are some more pictures:

I hope you like my wreath too and feel inspired to create something christmassy too!

If you join in with our challenge, you can win a 20£ voucher to spend in the shop.

So thank you for your visit today and I wish you to have a peaceful Advent time!